Edwards Brothers Malloy

What Edwards Brothers Malloy does

Edwards Brothers Malloy was a US-based book manufacturing company founded in 1893, specializing in digital and offset book printing for educational publishers, trade publishers, healthcare, financial services, and industrial/commercial clients. The company's production capability centered on specialized industrial equipment, including the Timson Zero Make Ready Press for rapid job changeover, the Muller Martini Corona Perfect Binder for high-volume binding, and UV/lamination cover coating systems, organized around four service modules: Prepress, Print, Bindery, and Distribution.

The business model was transaction-based book manufacturing and commercial printing, with per-unit production fees for textbooks, trade books, healthcare and financial compliance documents, and one-time commercial print jobs (catalogs, manuals, marketing collateral). GTM was direct-to-publisher via phone, email, and a website contact form with quote-based pricing and no public rate cards. The company operated a multi-vertical segmentation approach across five end markets, with education publishing flagged as the primary vertical.

In 2024, EBM's assets—including printing equipment and digital properties myebmalloy.com, lifeoftitle.com, and onetouchreprint.com (for archive file title search and reprint services)—were acquired by P.A. Hutchison Company (PAH). PAH concurrently became majority-owned by GV Group, a European book printing group that also owns Lake Book Manufacturing (Illinois, acquired 2021) and Grafica Veneta (Europe). The combined platform is now executing a capacity expansion from 50 million to over 100 million books annually through investment in four-color web printing technology, targeting the US educational publishing market.

Name

Edwards Brothers Malloy

Website

https://edwardsbrothersmalloy.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1893

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Edwards Brothers Malloy was a US book manufacturer providing digital and offset printing, binding, and distribution services to educational, trade, healthcare, financial, and commercial clients; its assets were acquired by P.A. Hutchison Company in 2024 under GV Group ownership.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Mayfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Commercial Printing Services: One-time transaction-based commercial printing services including prepress, printing, binding, and distribution. Services rendered on per-project basis for catalogs, manuals, posters, and marketing collateral.
2. Book Manufacturing: Book production services including textbooks, educational materials, religious books, trade books, and healthcare/financial documents. Revenue generated per book/unit produced.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Edwards Brothers Malloy is a book manufacturing and commercial printing company providing prepress, printing, binding, and distribution services for educational publishers, trade publishers, financial services firms, healthcare organizations, and industrial clients. Core capabilities include offset and digital printing for textbooks, trade books, regulatory documents, catalogs, manuals, and marketing collateral, with any-quantity/any-size production and full bindery operations.

Product overview

Edwards Brothers Malloy (operating as P.A. Hutchison Company) is a book manufacturing and commercial printing company offering a comprehensive suite of services organized around four core service modules: Prepress, Print, Bindery, and Distribution. The company serves five primary market segments: Trade Publishing (adult, religious, children's, retail, reference), Education Publishing (textbooks, workbooks, teacher/student editions), Healthcare Documentation, Financial Documents, and Industrial/Commercial Printing. The product portfolio includes three acquired web platforms (myebmalloy.com, lifeoftitle.com, onetouchreprint.com) providing online ordering, title lifecycle management, archive search, and reprint capabilities. Manufacturing equipment includes Timson Zero Make Ready Press, Muller Martini Corona Perfect Binder, and UV/lamination coating machines. The company operates under GV Group's ownership following a May 2024 acquisition, with plans to expand from 50 million to 100+ million books annual capacity.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Prepress Services Full-service prepress department handling all prepress needs for book manufacturing, including file preparation for publishers' content prior to printing.
• Book Printing Services High-volume book and commercial printing using offset press capabilities including Timson Zero Make Ready Press and four-color web offset printing, serving textbook, trade book, financial document, and healthcare documentation clients.
• Bindery Services Binding operations encompassing several perfect binding machines including the Muller Martini Corona Perfect Binder, saddle stitch bindery, and numerous other mechanical bindery options for finished book production.
• Distribution Services Distribution and fulfillment services for books and printed materials with H.Q. Locator tracking capabilities, supporting nationwide U.S. delivery to publishers and commercial clients.
• Cover Coating Services UV and lamination cover coating services using acquired coating machines to provide durable, protective finishes for book covers.
• myebmalloy.com Archive Search Platform Acquired web platform enabling archive file title search for backlist and reprint titles previously produced by Edwards Brothers Malloy.
• lifeoftitle.com Title Lifecycle Platform Acquired platform for title lifecycle management and archive file title search capabilities to support publisher backlist and reprint workflows.
• onetouchreprint.com On-Demand Reprint Platform Acquired platform providing on-demand reprint services allowing publishers to order reprints of backlist titles.

Quantifiable outcome

• Production capacity expansion from 50 million to 100+ million books annually

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Lake Book ManufacturingminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2021Lake Book Manufacturing, based in Melrose Park, Illinois, was acquired by GV Group in 2021 as part of GV Group's US expansion strategy. Now operating under GV Group alongside P.A. Hutchison.
• Edwards Brothers Malloy (Acquired Assets)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerP.A. Hutchison acquired EBM's Timson Zero Make Ready Press, Muller Martini Corona Perfect Binder, UV & Lamination cover coating machines, along with domain assets myebmalloy.com, lifeoftitle.com, and onetouchreprint.com for archive file title search capabilities.
• Grafica VenetaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerEuropean book printing company within GV Group. Chris Hutchison mentioned working with Lake Book and Grafica Veneta to bring an expanded and improved platform for book manufacturing to publishers.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• CJK Group: Printing-focused holding company owning multiple print and fulfillment businesses serving publishers, retail, and financial services; broader portfolio but overlapping customer base and book-related capabilities.
• Quad/Graphics: Large North American commercial printer serving retail, publishing, and direct-mail end markets; overlapping commercial printing and catalog capabilities for similar publisher/industrial buyers, but broader scope than book manufacturing.
• Donnelley Financial Solutions: Compliance and capital markets communications printer serving financial and healthcare clients, overlapping directly with PAH's Financial and Healthcare segment offerings as part of a wider compliance technology portfolio.

Direct peers

• Lake Book Manufacturing: Sister company under GV Group since 2021, also focused on book manufacturing and short-run printing for publishers, making it the most directly comparable peer given shared ownership, technology base, and customer overlap in the US market.
• Grafica Veneta: European book printing arm of GV Group producing trade, educational, and religious titles for publishers; comparable because it operates in the same parent network and shares end-to-end book manufacturing and sustainability positioning.
• Sheridan Books: US-based book and journal printer serving educational, trade, and scholarly publishers with short-to-medium run digital and offset capabilities; directly comparable customer base and product mix in book manufacturing.
• Walsworth Publishing: Family-owned book and yearbook printing company serving trade, education, and church publishers with offset and digital book manufacturing; comparable in vertical mix and legacy family-led operating model.
• LSC Communications: US book, magazine, and catalog printer historically serving educational and trade publishers at very high volumes; comparable in core product (books, educational materials, catalogs) and customer overlap.

Regional players

• TC Transcontinental: Canadian-based printing and packaging provider serving educational, trade, and retail customers primarily in Canada and the US; comparable product capabilities but geographically weighted differently from PAH's US-led footprint.

Others

• Berry Global (printing/packaging): Global packaging and paper-based manufacturing group adjacent to printing services; not a direct competitor but relevant as an adjacent supplier/manufacturer in the broader paper-based print value chain.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/thebookprinters
• Facebookfacebook.com/edwardsbrothersmalloy
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/355448

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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